Highlights: fewer colleges meeting targets for this year, a higher bar for Asians, skepticism about new standardized writing tests and a new application, mixed feelings on Hillary Clinton’s college plan and applicants’ criminal records.
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Sep 28, 2016
City U of New York, Bowdoin and Trinity of Connecticut all move this month to drop the charges for low-income applicants.
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August 22, 2016
Graduates of the most selective institutions earn more -- even when controlling for factors that earlier made some doubt such findings -- but maybe not as much more as many think.
August 17, 2016
Social work professors told administrators that they were letting students make unfair accusations and admitting unqualified students. Then someone forwarded the professors' letters to students. UPDATE: Dean responds.
August 8, 2016
Only a few colleges -- mindful that wealthy students can afford to take the SAT or ACT many times -- require that all scores be submitted. Penn has just abandoned the policy.
July 26, 2016
Nine institutions in Pierce County, Wash., are working together to foster a college-going culture among local K-12 students.
July 22, 2016
Transition follows weeks of tensions over his decision to oust provost.
July 21, 2016
Some maintain that they can drop the policy and preserve access, but those who have gone need blind have seen gains in student diversity.
July 18, 2016
Malcolm Gladwell says trade-off exists between high-quality campus dining and admitting low-income students. Bowdoin questions his logic and ethics.
July 12, 2016
In a wide-ranging discussion, the new UNC system president said accountability measures can stop micromanagement.
July 8, 2016
A new working paper finds that incidents of murder, sexual assault, hazing and cheating can deter students from applying.
July 8, 2016
Supreme Court decision, praised by college leaders, is opposed by nearly two-thirds of adult Americans. Support is higher for considering athletic ability or alumni child status than race in admissions.
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